Philip Doddridge
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Philip Doddridge (June 26, 1702 – October 26, 1751) was an English Nonconformist leader.
Quotes
[edit]- Live while you live, the epicure would say,
And seize the pleasures of the present day;
Live while you live, the sacred preacher cries,
And give to God each moment as it flies.
Lord, in my views, let both united be:
I live in pleasure when I live to thee.- Epigram on his Family Arms, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
- Awake, my soul! stretch every nerve,
And press with vigour on;
A heavenly race demands thy zeal,
And an immortal crown.- Zeal and Vigour in the Christian Race, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
- Religion, in its most general view, is such a Sense of God in the soul, and such a conviction of our obligations to him, and of our dependence upon him, as shall engage us to make it our great care to conduct ourselves in a manner which we have reason to believe will be pleasing to him.
- The Rise and Progress of Religion in the Soul.
- Dear Saviour! we are Thine,
By everlasting bands;
Our hearts, our souls, we would resign
Entirely to Thy hands.- Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 397.
- His goodness stands approved,
Unchanged from day to day;
I'll drop my burden at His feet,
And bear a song away.- Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 262.
Hymns
[edit]- Hark, the glad sound! The Savior comes,
The Savior promised long;
Let every heart exult with joy,
And every voice be song!- Published 1755, Hymns, "Hark, the Glad Sound", Chambers Dictionary of Quotations, p. 278
- O God of Bethel! by whose hand
Thy people still are fed,
Who through this weary pilgrimage
Hast all our fathers led.- Published in 1755, Hymns: "O God of Bethel", Chambers Dictionary of Quotations, p. 278.
- Ye servants of the Lord,
Each in his office wait,
Observant of the heavenly word,
And watchful at his gate.- Published in 1755, Hymns: "Ye Servants of the Lord", Chambers Dictionary of Quotations, p. 278.
- Father of Peace, and God of love!
We own Thy power to save,
That power by which our Shepherd rose
Victorious o'er the grave.- Published in 1755, Hymns: "Father of Peace", Chambers Dictionary of Quotations, p. 278.
External links
[edit]- Chambers Dictionary of Quotations, Chambers Harrap Publishers, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 2005.